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[quote=Anonymous]Pfft, the PPs on your case for being a bad partner have never had to take care of someone who is overweight and whose body is failing them because of the weight or had to watch someone take on that caretaker role.

My dad's always been overweight his whole life. He sounds like he has a similar bodytype as your husband - shorter side at only 5'10" with a big belly. Genetics also plays a role for him as both his parents were overweight and some of his siblings (and their kids) are overweight. He's what you would call athletic overweight. He was muscular and very strong - played college football - and worked out daily. He's retired now, but he was a federal officer so he was required to work out daily, and he also had to pass PEBs (physical efficiency b-something) for work. Before he retired, it was getting harder to pass the physical tests. He needed knee surgery before his retirement and he's never bounced back from that. The muscles faded and the belly grew. He doesn't fit comfortably in airplane seats so all that traveling he and my mom planned for upon retirement doesn't happen. He can't do too much walking and never works out anymore. He had bypass surgery about 4 years ago. The recovery from that was even worse than the knee surgery. My mom's pretty miserable, IMO. She does everything alone or with a friend. The rest of her time is spent taking care of him.

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